Pioneer Press (Lake Country Power): Minneapolis family opens new fully accessible resort near Ely

Pioneer Press (Lake Country Power): Minneapolis family opens new fully accessible resort near Ely Main Photo

10 Aug 2024


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Along Birch Lake:  In an era when many small resorts are sold off for their waterfront land values and developed into condos or lake homes — Minnesota has fewer than half the “ma and pa” resorts it did 50 years ago — Sean and Jill Leary are bucking the trend.

The Learys are building North of North, a three-cabin resort on 11 acres of raw land at 12265 State Highway 1, 10 miles east of Ely, from scratch.

The first cabin was ready for guests last week, the other two were just about finished, and their website went live this week to accept reservations.

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